BlockRodney, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76639. It stands on Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Union High quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Union High quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Rodney between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,513 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 22505 HWY 14 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIM MEREDITH |
| 7 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROMPLER FARMS |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodney in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodney | $15,000 | Emergency management reported trees down and a metal roof blown from a home near the city of Dawson, TX. Additional tree damage extended east and northeast across the county. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union High | 1.7 miles | 6 | |
| Eldorado Center | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dawson | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Pursley | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Purdon | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Currie | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Hill | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Navarro Mills | 10.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378980. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.